Controlling Crowds

Controlling Crowds
Studio album by Archive
Released	30 March 2009
Genre	Trip hop[1]
Length	1:18:02
Archive chronology
Lights (2006) Controlling Crowds (2009) Controlling Crowds - Part IV (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Controlling Crowds (Parts I-III) is the sixth studio album by British trip hop progressive and alternative rock group Archive. It was released worldwide on 30 March 2009.^[2]

Release

The album consists of three different parts:^[2]

1. Part I: Controlling Crowds; Bullets; Words on Signs; Dangervisit; Quiet Time
2. Part II: Collapse / Collide; Clones; Bastardised Ink; Kings of Speed; Whore
3. Part III: Chaos; Razed to the Ground; Funeral

In the beginning, the band wanted to include a fourth part. It was later released as Controlling Crowds – Part IV on 19 October 2009.^[3] Both albums were released on the same day as a double CD under the name Controlling Crowds - The Complete Edition Parts I–IV.^[4]

In popular culture

The second song on the album, "Bullets", was used in the January 2013 teaser for CD Projekt Red's game titled Cyberpunk 2077.^[5]

Track listing

CD 1 :

1. "Controlling Crowds" (10:09)
2. "Bullets" (5:54)
3. "Words on Signs" (4:00)
4. "Dangervisit" (7:37)
5. "Quiet Time" (5:55)
6. "Collapse/Collide" (9:12)
7. "Clones" (5:00)
8. "Bastardised Ink" (3:34)
9. "Kings of Speed" (4:22)
10. "Whore" (4:15)
11. "Chaos" (5:28)
12. "Razed to the Ground" (5:22)
13. "Funeral" (7:19)

CD 2 (limited edition) :^[6]

1. "Killing All Movement" (6:22)
2. "Children They Feed" (3:06)
3. "Day That You Go" (3:49)
4. "Neatly Folded" (3:18)
5. "Bullets" (video)

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7]	10
French Albums (SNEP)[8]	7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	61
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[10]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[12]	Gold	10,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

1. allmusic
2. [1] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. [2] Archived December 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071211/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000281-001-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. Solórzano, Sergio (27 December 2020). "Gaming Detail: Cyberpunk 2077 Mission Shows The Fate Of Teaser Trailer Character". TheGamer. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20101202071922/http://www.archiveofficial.com/Store/Product.aspx?id=SM000150-002-CD. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. "Ultratop.be – Archive – Controlling Crowds" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
8. "Lescharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
9. "Officialcharts.de – Archive – Controlling Crowds". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
10. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Archive – Controlling Crowds". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
12. "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2010 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 March 2021.